And it will happenוְהָיָהthat everyoneכָּלwho is leftהַנּוֹתָרfrom allמִכָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthat cameהַבָּאִיםagainstעַלJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםwill go upוְעָלוּyear after yearמִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָהto bow downלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתbefore the King,לְמֶלֶךְYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתand to celebrateוְלָחֹגthe Feastחַגof Booths.הַסֻּכּוֹת
Zechariah 14:16
Study it in the app“And it will happen that everyone who is left from all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to bow down before the King, YHWH Tsevaot, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 14:16, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- who is leftנּוֹתָרnotar
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notar” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- that cameבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- will go upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- year after yearדֵּיde
as often as
Together with other words: whenever, as often as, as much as suffices.
Where else “de” appears- year after yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- to bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתhishtachavot
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavot” appears- before the Kingמֶלֶךְmelech
supreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- and to celebrateחֹגchog
keep a festival
To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.
Where else “chog” appears- the Feastחַגchag
festival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chag” appears- of Boothsסֻּכּוֹתsukot
booth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “sukot” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
15And so will be the plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the donkey, and of all the livestock that may be in those camps: like this plague.
16 · This verse (above)
17And it will happen that whoever does not go up from among the families of the earth to Jerusalem to bow down before the King, YHWH Tsevaot, there will be no downpour on them.